The excavations carried out in Old Nisa from the 30’s of the 20th century achieved exceptional results and started revealing the complexity of the arsacid cultural tradition. In the last years new research and excavations have been carried out by international expeditions thanks to a fruitful cooperation with Turkmen authorities. Even though many question about the punctual destination and chronology of the structures didn’t receive yet exhaustive answer, the research project of the Centro Scavi e Ricerche Archeologiche di Torino achieved significant results for our general knowledge of architecture, art and culture of parthian Nisa. After the excavations in the Round Hall complex in the 90’s, last six campaigns brought to the light a new monumental building devoted to a main celebrative purpose, in the SW part of the tepe. Its features once more confirm the heterogeneous character of local architecture and art. Along with the works on the field in collaboration with the National Museum of Ashgabat, the Italian team also carried out a series of studies on the materials from old and new excavations in Old Nisa.
Old Nisa: the Turkmen-Italian Archaeological Project
LIPPOLIS, Carlo
2011-01-01
Abstract
The excavations carried out in Old Nisa from the 30’s of the 20th century achieved exceptional results and started revealing the complexity of the arsacid cultural tradition. In the last years new research and excavations have been carried out by international expeditions thanks to a fruitful cooperation with Turkmen authorities. Even though many question about the punctual destination and chronology of the structures didn’t receive yet exhaustive answer, the research project of the Centro Scavi e Ricerche Archeologiche di Torino achieved significant results for our general knowledge of architecture, art and culture of parthian Nisa. After the excavations in the Round Hall complex in the 90’s, last six campaigns brought to the light a new monumental building devoted to a main celebrative purpose, in the SW part of the tepe. Its features once more confirm the heterogeneous character of local architecture and art. Along with the works on the field in collaboration with the National Museum of Ashgabat, the Italian team also carried out a series of studies on the materials from old and new excavations in Old Nisa.
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